Hair-clipping bench for fur-dressers



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. HSOHROEDER. HAIR OLIPBING BENCH FOR FURDRESSERS.

No. 416,864. Patented Deo. 10, 1889.

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HAIR GLIPPING BENCH FOR FUR-DRESSERS. No. 416,864. I Patented Dec. 10,1889.

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- UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

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HAlR-CLIPPING BENCH FOR FUR-DRESSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,864, dated December10, 1889.

Application filed March 9, 18891. Serial No. 302,731. (No model.)

My invention has for its object to produce an improved clipping bench ortable for the use of fur-dressers in that part of the general work ofpreparing skins for the furrier by which the short hairs and brokenhairs lying below the fur are removed by clipping.

The construction and operation of this device is clearly explained inthe following description, in whichthe accompanying drawings, formingpart thereof, are referred to.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents the bench or table in frontelevation, with the casing partly broken away to expose the inside. Fig.2 is a View taken from the righthand side of Fig. 1 with the casingpartly broken awayat the top. Fig. 3 is a top View,

also partly in section; and Fig. l is a cross-section through the partsat the top, but on a larger scale than the other figures.

This improved bench or table is designed to hold a skin and presentsuccessive portions of itsfur sides in such position that the shorthairs and broken hairs standing above the *tween the edges of two platesin such man ner that the hairs to be out are projected through the slitand stand above the plates while the fur is kept down and is protectedby the plates during the operation of clipping. An endless apron,traveling over the narrow edge of a wedge-shaped bar, forms a means ofmoving the skin along under the plates immediately inline withthe slitbetween them, and by drawing in the air through this aperture while theedges of the plates are held at greater or less distance apart the furalong the ridge or top edge of the bar is drawn back below the plates,leaving the hairs standing upright all along the top of the bar. One'side of the case or'box containing these parts is made suflicientlyairtight to form an exhaust-chamber, and to this part connection of anexhanst-fan is made .by a pipe in such manner that the air from theoutside is drawn in through the aperture between the two plates whenthey are separated along the edges. One ofthe platesis fixed, but theother; is capable of sliding laterally and can bemoved back; to regulatethe width of the suction aperture or slit while the portion of the skinlying over the ridge of the bar is being set for clipping.

A is an endless apron stretched over the wedge-shaped bar B and around aroller 0 under and parallel with the bar in the lower part of the case.I

D D are vertically-sliding boxes that carry the gudgeons 0* O of theroller, and EE are upright supports suitably braced and secured at thelower ends to the roller-boxes to hold the wedge-shaped bar, that isfixed to their upper ends. The boxes are movable in guideslots at d inthe sides of the case G G, and coil-springs F F under the boxes serve topress up this frame and hold the wedge-shaped bar up to the fixed plate.f" g H is a cross-bar that is part of a treadleframe, the other membersof whieh the side levers H H pivotedat hflnnside the case and workingthrough slots 'i'z'in the front, with a footbar H joining 'tl1e, twolevers together outside. Rodsor chains 1 I connect the boxes with thecross-bar H,.and as thus arranged by pressing down the treadleframe thebar B, with the endless apron, will be drawn awayfroin the aperturebetween the edges of the two plates.

sis; of v K is a ratchet wheel fixedf onjooiie ofithe roller-gudgeonsoutside, and L isa hand-lever, with a pawl L to engage the notches inthe rim of the wheel. The pawl is double and can be shifted from oneside to the other of the pivot, so that the same lever will act to turnthe roller either forward or backward, according to the position of thepawl. This arrangement is convenient for running the apron back to fixthe skin in place, as well I as for moving it forward step by step overthe wedge-shaped bar. An adjustable stop L con sisting of a set-screwina bracket at one side lever can be made by this means to move the wheelK the distance of one, two, or more teeth at a single throw of thelever.

M N are the two plates lying over the bar B, of which the one M is fixedand other N is movable up or away from the fixed plate on pins or studs10 19, that take through slots 19. Knobs or thumb-pieces n" W areprovidedon the top of the plate N for pressing it back and drawing itforward in the operation of separating the fur and seizing the standinghairs for clipping.

The space T, inclosed by the casing G immediately under the slidingplate and along that side of the wedge-shaped bar, is separated from theremaining space by the apron and the upright partitions U U, that withthe back and sides of the casing form a compartment sufficientlyair-tight to exclude the outside air, so that by connecting the space Twith an exhaust-fan the air will almost entirely, if not altogether, bedrawn in through the narrow aperture between the plate N and the bar B.An inlet V in the side of the case is connected with any suitablesuction apparatussuch as a small-sized exhaust-fan-by a pipe W. Thefront of the case has a removable panel G to give access to the apronfor placing or removing a skin.

As thus constructed the bench is employed andworked in the followingmanner: The skin to be clipped is stretched smoothly on the apron withthe fur side out, and is attached across the head or leading end byhooks or pins and at the tail end by elastic tapes I) b, that areprovided on the apron for the purpose of stretching the skin smoothly.By

working the hand-lever the apron is run up until a portion of the skinrests over the ridge of the wedge-shaped bar, and when in thispositionthe sliding plate N is moved back until the aperture along thisplate is of sufiicient width to give the proper amount of suction. Thedegree of force with which the air is drawn in through this slit isregulated by increasing or diminishing the space between the edges ofthe fixed and the mova this manner, the sliding plate is closed againstthe fixed plate and the standing hairs are clamped between the edges.The clipping-shears are then run over the surfaces of the closed platesalong the line of the slit to sever the hairs. The operator now setsanother portion of the skin-for clipping by slightly depressing thewedge-shaped bar by pressing his foot on the treadle and then turningthe apron-roller by means of the hand-lever and taking his foot from thetreadle. The sliding plate is then pressed back, and by this movementthe slit is opened to let the coarser hairs spring past the edge of thefixed plate and stand upright. The soft hair then separated and helddown by the suction along the backside of the bar is covered by theplates, as before described,by drawing the sliding plate forward againstthe edge of the fixed plate, and the fur is thus protected while theclipping is being done. In this manner the skin is run through from headto tail, and the short or broken hairs are completely and quicklyremovedwithout injuring the fur.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described bench or table for fur-dressers" use, consistingof the case G, having an exhaust-compartment T at one side, thewedge-shaped bar B, apron A, apronroller 0, means for moving said rollerto feed the apron, the inclined plate M, fixed on one side of the pointof bar B, and the laterally-sliding inclined plate N on the other sideof said point, and pipe or conductor W, adapted to connect theexhaust-compartment with an air-exhausting apparatus, for operation asset forth.

2. In a bench or table for fur-dressers use, the combination, with awedge-shaped bar B, over which the skin is stretched, of the inclinedplate M, fixed on one side of the point of bar B, and thelaterally-sliding inclined plate N on the opposite side of said point,and means by which the air is exhausted beneath said plate along oneside of the wedgeshaped bar, as and for the'purpose set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

EMIL SOHROEDER. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J os. E. FORD, CHAS. E. KELLY.

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